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Every five-note scale
There are 66 five-note scales once you fold together transpositions and modes. Where tradition has no name, you'll see the one William Zeitler coined for it at AllTheScales.org, marked coined.
Every five-note scale
There are 66 five-note scales once you fold together transpositions and modes (a mode is the same notes from a different root). Each is shown as degrees against the major scale, in the mode closest to major, with every name we know. Where tradition has no name, you'll see the one William Zeitler coined for it at AllTheScales.org, marked coined. Only scales with a leap of a fourth or more have no name at all.
Also: every 6-note scale · every 7-note scale · every 8-note scale
All 66 scales· 4 of 66 have a traditional name · every mode is under Modes.
| # | Degrees (vs. major) and steps | Name(s) | |
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| 1 | 123568WWW+HWW+H | Major Pentatonic, Mongolian Modes: Suspended Pentatonic, Egyptian, Blues Major Pentatonic, Scottish Pentatonic, Ritusen, Minor Pentatonic |
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| 2 | 123578WWW+H2WH | Aerathitonic coined Modes: Saritonic, Zoptitonic, Lothitonic, Phratonic |
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| 3 | 1345782WHW2WH | Gonitonic coined Modes: Balinese Pelog, Pelog Balinese |
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| 4 | 1356782WW+HWWH | Magitonic coined Modes: Daditonic, Aeolyphritonic, Gycritonic, Pyritonic |
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| 5 | 123458WWHW2W+H | — no name at all |
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| 6 | 124578WW+HW2WH | Daritonic coined Modes: Lonitonic, Ionycritonic, Aeracritonic, Byptitonic |
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| 7 | 1456782W+HWWWH | — no name at all |
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| 8 | 1♯23568W+HHW+HWW+H | Mythitonic coined Modes: Sogitonic, Gothitonic, Rothitonic, Lyditonic |
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| 9 | 1♭23568HW+HW+HWW+H | Soptitonic coined Modes: Thoditonic, Dogitonic, Phralitonic, Garitonic |
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| 10 | 1235♭78WWW+HW+HW | Phropitonic coined Modes: Staditonic, Kataritonic, Sylitonic, Thonitonic |
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| 11 | 1♭23578HW+HW+H2WH | Zalitonic coined Modes: Stolitonic, Bylitonic, Ionyptitonic, Gyritonic |
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| 12 | 135♭6682WW+HHHW+H | Aeolyritonic coined Modes: Goritonic, Aeoloditonic, Doptitonic, Aeraphitonic |
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| 13 | 135♭7782WW+HW+HHH | Molitonic coined Modes: Staptitonic, Mothitonic, Aeritonic, Ragitonic |
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| 14 | 1345♭682WHWH2W | Poritonic coined Modes: Aerylitonic, Zagitonic, Lagitonic, Dolitonic |
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| 15 | 13♯45682WWHWW+H | Aeolacritonic coined Modes: Zythitonic, Dyritonic, Koptitonic, Thocritonic |
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| 16 | 1356♭782WW+HWHW | Ionaditonic coined Modes: Bocritonic, Gythitonic, Pagitonic, Aeolythitonic |
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| 17 | 1♯23578W+HHW+H2WH | Ionagitonic coined Modes: Aeolapritonic, Kyritonic, Zothitonic, Phrolitonic |
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| 18 | 135♭6782WW+HHW+HH | Zacritonic coined Modes: Laritonic, Thacritonic, Styditonic, Loritonic |
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| 19 | 13♯45782WWH2WH | Zolitonic coined Modes: Hirajoshi, Iwato, Hon-Kumoi-Joshi, Sakura |
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| 20 | 1235♭68WWW+HH2W | Danitonic coined Modes: Ionaritonic, Dynitonic, Zyditonic, Aeolanitonic |